FaceTime free for International use

From using both within the USA, I found out FaceTime has better quality than Skype (and there are others, like Tango).

And I assume, for FaceTime, BOTH phones must be iPhones, right? There's no FaceTime as an Android app, right?

OK, so from the USA, using my iPhone, calling a friend with an iPhone in Europe (or Asia), do I dial +1 and the country code, or just + and the country code?

For overseas calls you just need to replace the 011 with "+ country code". If you are calling the same country (as you are) you obviously don't need country code. For instance, to place a call from US to Brazil: "+ 55 areacode phonenumber", simple as that.

Not necessarly. For your wife abroad it will most probably be better/cheaper to be on wifi unless she has a good data plan. Tmobile offer data in 100 countries part of their plan. Speed may not be there though.

You in the US if data is part of your family plan it does not matter if you are wifi or not.

The cost of using Facetime to Call Internationally is completely free. If the other end has an iphone 4 or any device that has Facetime, it will work.

Although Facetime calls are possible using your carrier (and the devices are 4s or 5), they are NOT free (international calls are very expensive over carrier networks). If you want a clean and FREE facetime call, no matter where you are, use wifi. 🙂

So how about this scenario....my wife and I are in the US and both have US iphones. Family plan in fact. What do we do if one of us us traveling in the middle east? Do we just make sure we are both on wifi and use facetime button?

As long as they have facetime and you have it I don't see why not. As long as you start directly in facetime and not phone first.

did you mean facetime or facebook?

Da! I ment FaceTime.

I was wondering that too. I think you will need to put in the +39 or whatever the extension is for that country. Not sure.

so both devices have to be on wifi? not just the device that is making the facetime call?

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MyName,

011 is equivalent to the +XX country code.

For the analog landline phones yes, the 011 is needed, for modern mobiles and VoIP, all you need is the +XX country code to make a call.

But how would the system know you call international and not an area code of a USA phone number? Do I just dial a "+" before the country's code?

Skype (paid but great rates)

Viber (calls anywhere from anywhere but smartphone for both parties needed)

MagicJack (calls to USA and Canada from any reliable data connection around the world)